A Case of the Mondays - 3/16/09

Every Monday I will be presenting the worst story I find on a "legitimate" news site to help replace those Monday morning blues with righteous indignation.  As much as your day may suck, remember it could always be worse.

 

Lots of option staring me in the face from msnbc.com this morning but despite the ridiculousness of AIG still giving out bonus we find ourselves coming to this story.

 

Austria's Fritzl Denies Murder, Admits Incest

 

I'm sure most people have been following this story to some extent.  Basically, a father in Austria kept his daughter locked in a basement dungeon for 24 years as a sex slave with whom he had at least 6 children.  I know this story has been around for a while but it was on msnbc's front page and it preceded to boggle the mind all over again.

 

Here's the first three things to pop into my head:

 

Firstly, how in God's name is there a person in this world that has to come to the point in his life where admitting to incest is THE LESSER OF TWO EVILS!  F my daughter?  Yeah I did that.  But what would make you think I'm a murderer?.

Secondly, we have this doozy -

 Fritzl pleaded "partially" guilty to rape -- understood to mean he is contesting the way the charge is worded -- and deprivation of liberty.

Pretty sure rape is one of those things you can't be partially guilty of.  Stealing someone's lunch out of the fridge?  Sure, if you were to take just the chips and the cookies.  That's partially.  You don't partially stick your dick in someone against their will. 

 

Thirdly, this girl was in her basement for 24 years and her mother claims to never noticed.  There are two options here: either she is a liar or she's stupid.  The police seems to think she's the latter.

Couple of other thoughts while reading this article -

 

Fritzl walking into the court covering his face with a blue folder.  While this is the picture that was at the beginning of the article, the information was giving to me next to his mug shot.  They also felt the need to tell me his suit was mismatched.

 

I was a communication major in college so I know most people in that field aren't really math savvy but this seems like a pretty obvious mistake.

 

He remained silent and motionless, ignoring questions from television crews before the judge and eight-person jury -- six men and six women -- entered and cameras were sent out.

 

Just an FYI - 6 + 6 NEVER EQUALS 12!!!

 

That's all I have for now.  Enjoy your week!

DK